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Farmers and rural communities will be hit hardest by a switch from the traditional landline telephone to digital calls made through the internet.

Genomic testing, together with targeted use of sexed semen on cows and heifers is part of a strategy to maximise the output from every cow space at Slough Court, Somerset.

Fraser Jones thinks it is no coincidence cows are milking well, while calf immunoglobulin levels are the highest they have ever been.

Genomic testing, together with targeted use of sexed semen on cows and heifers is part of a strategy to maximise the output from every cow space at Slough Court, Somerset.

Leading scientists from across the world have warned the current methodology for recording methane emissions from livestock is distorting our understanding of climate change.

The unsettled weather at the end of July and beginning of August across Great Britain has resulted in a very stop-start harvest so far.

This year is a big one in the Amiss household, with one graduation, one first-year exam results, one A-levels and two GCSE results.

Or to be more accurate, it wasn’t the shearing that was the biggest job – it was gathering them all first.

The role red meat plays in a healthy, balanced and sustainable diet has been widely promoted in the national media thanks to an collaborative industry campaign.

With the Basic Payment Scheme on the way out, most farm businesses will benefit from some form of collaboration.